Philippe Clement gets Rangers reminder over Ibrox sacking season as ex striker delivers transfer warning

Kenny Miller reckons Rangers need to sign up to TEN new players before the transfer window closes – and that up to SEVEN will have to be starters.

That is the extent of the rebuild the former Ibrox striker believes is facing Philippe Clement, who returned to pre-season training with his players on Monday, and warned the Belgian he can’t repeat the errors of Michael Beale 12 months ago as he attempts to clean up the mess of that shambolic recruitment drive.

But Clement has to do it while also facing scrutiny himself for his failure to beat Celtic and throwing away the chance of a Treble in the run-in. Miller, though, knows it was only because of Clement that they got into such a good position with the Scottish Premiership title race seemingly over when he succeeded Beale. Miller told Ladbrokes 1-2-Free: “I would imagine that by the end of August, as many as 10 players could have signed for the club. I'd be very surprised if the number is lower than that. And, of that 10, there could be six or seven who are going straight into the starting line-up…

“It's not impossible, but it's certainly not the best recipe for success, when you're having to bring in a huge amount of important players who are going to come straight in and start for a title-challenging side. That's not a great position to be in. By the way, you can get it right, for sure. But Rangers need to get it right. They can't afford to have another summer like the one they had last year, in terms of the recruitment.

“They didn't have to sign that many starters last summer, but they did need to bring in attacking players who were going to come in, make a difference, and help soften the blow of losing Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent. Rangers never improved on